A 47-year-old woman in Sacramento, California, has been left severely impaired—unable to talk or care for herself and requiring a feeding tube—after using tainted face cream that contained highly ...

Inorganic mercury, which was previously thought to be a less harmful form of the toxic metal, is very damaging to key cell processes, new research demonstrates. University of Georgia research has ...

University of Georgia research has found that inorganic mercury, which was previously thought to be a less harmful form of the toxic metal, is very damaging to key cell processes. This study is the ...

Mercury is a silvery metal, liquid at room temperature. It exists in three forms — elemental mercury, inorganic mercury compounds, and organic mercury compounds. Organic mercury compounds can be ...

First study of wild animals shows mercury and certain PFAS compounds alter how birds convert food into cellular energy, ...

Industrial activity like coal-burning and mining has greatly increased the amount of mercury in our environment, so much so that it now contaminates rivers, lakes and waterways as far away as the ...

In 2005, Texas coal plants, refineries, and cement companies released 43,000 pounds of toxic mercury and mercury compounds into the air, land, and waters of our state — a 10,700-pound increase over ...

In this interview conducted at Pittcon 2024 in San Diego, we spoke to Seth Lyman about atmospheric mercury, exploring innovative measurement techniques, and the environmental impact of mercury ...

The purpose of the Mercury Management Plan is to (a) establish guidelines to be followed when mercury is released or spilled into the environment, (b) outline disposal procedures and (c) provide ...